لَا النَّاهِيَة
la al-nahiya
La of prohibition
Nahw · syntaxParticle typecore term
Also written: Nafy · Laysa · La of negation · Not in Arabic
In one line
La of prohibition
Classical definition
لَا النَّاهِيَةُ حَرْفٌ يَجْزِمُ الفِعْلَ المُضَارِعَ وَيُفِيدُ طَلَبَ الكَفِّ عَنِ الفِعْلِ.
(ابن هشام)
Related terms
حَرْف جَرّ · harf jarr حَرْف عَطْف · harf 'atf حَرْف زَائِد · harf za'id حَرْف نَفْي · harf nafy
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From the free course The Language of Quran — Easier than English (Book 1) (LoQ1), taught by Ustad Muhammad Arjan Ali.

▶ L14-P1 · Negating the Jumlah Ismiyyah ▶ L14-P2 · Emphatic Negation and the Use of Illa
Domain: Nahw · Category: Particle type · Frequency in the Qur'an: 0 · Source: ابن هشام, cross-checked against the Quranic corpus · Reviewed by Ustad M. Arjan Ali